Assange to publish more CIA data

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will publish more confidential documents on the US Central Intelligence Agency once a "key attack code" has been disarmed.

Speaking at an online press conference from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, he said his group will work with technology companies to help defend them against CIA hacking tools, details of which he disclosed earlier this week.

Companies had asked for more details about the CIA cyber-espionage toolkit, said Mr Assange, adding: "We have decided to work with them, to give them some exclusive access to some of the technical details we have."

He said some of the firms have already put counter measures in place, but others want more information.

"WikiLeaks has a lot more information on what has been going on with the cyber weapons program," he said.

He added that WikiLeaks wants to disarm the CIA's "key attack code" before publishing more material.

The whistle-blowing website published thousands of documents it claims reveal the various hacking tools used by the CIA in the US, including techniques which target various consumer software including Windows, Google's Android and Apple's iOS.